Category Archives: Politics
Sailor facing court martial in fire that destroyed Navy ship
SAN DIEGO (AP) — A sailor accused of starting the fire that destroyed the USS Bonhomme Richard will face a court martial for arson, the Navy said Friday.
Man convicted of threatening politicians, Fox News figures
NEW YORK (AP) — A New York man has been convicted of making deadly threats to a U.S. senator and two Fox News personalities. Military veteran Rickey
EXPLAINER: What’s ahead for Biden’s Supreme Court nominee
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden's nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court has launched what Democrats hope will be a quick, bipartisan confirmation process for the court's first Black woman.
Panel urges changes to make US organ transplants more fair
The U.S. transplant system needs an overhaul to stop wasting organs and give more patients a fair chance at the life-saving surgery, says an influential scientific advisory panel that set a five-year deadline to turn things around.
Public health mandates could return, Tam warns, but favours lighter touch in future
OTTAWA — Canadian governments should be ready to resume public health measures if another serious variant of COVID-19 emerges, even as they scale back mandates for masks and vaccines, the country's chief public health officer said Friday. Several provi...
Hospitalizations decline, but New Brunswick reports another COVID-19 death
FREDERICTON — Hospitalizations linked to COVID-19 continue to decline in New Brunswick as health officials announced another person has died from the disease. The latest death involves a person in their 80s in the Edmundston region in the northwest of...
Notable opinions by high court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson
WASHINGTON (AP) — Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, who will be nominated for the Supreme Court by President Joe Biden on Friday, worked for seven years as a judge on the federal trial court in Washington, D.C., before Biden appointed her
Rioter carrying Pelosi’s podium in viral photo gets prison
A Florida man who grabbed House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's podium and posed for photographs with it during the U.S. Capitol riot was sentenced on Friday to more than two months in prison.
Ottawa anti-government convoy organizer Pat King denied bail
OTTAWA — A prominent organizer of the three-week convoy protest outside Parliament Hill that snarled traffic, shuttered businesses and plagued residents with near-constant honking has been denied bail. Pat King was arrested last Friday and faces charg...
Top Kansas school official suspended over offensive remark
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas’ school board suspended the state’s top public school administrator Friday over an offensive public comment about Native Americans, rejecting the resignation he submitted after the governor and indigenous leaders demanded it....
